The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will continue to assistVietnam in poverty reduction and sustainable agriculture production, FAORepresentative in Vietnam Yuriko Shoji said.
Currently, apart from helping Vietnam to assure food security in remoteareas and those affected by the impact of climate change, FAO has beenhelping Vietnam to establish food security law, she said.
PraisingVietnam’s efforts in reaching the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) inpoverty reduction and food security, especially graduating from being arecipient of food assistance to the solid position of a food exportingcountry, the FAO official also said she believed that with soundplanning, investment and programme management, Vietnam would succeed inensuring food security for all its people.
At a ceremony tomark 30 years of World Food Day (Oct. 16) in the midland province of PhuTho on Oct. 11, Yuriko Shoji said this year’s topic is “United againsthunger” and she called for joint efforts from individuals, agencies andcountries throughout the world towards hunger eradication and povertyreduction.
FAO has reported that about one billion people, or one sixth of the world’s population, are starving.
Natural disasters and diseases, together with financial crisis, havepushed world food prices up, leading to the increasing number ofstarving people, according to FAO.
In the context thatcultivated land is becoming more scarce, food production will have toincrease by 75 percent in order to meet food demand for nine billionpeople in 2050, the organisation warned.
As a result, FAO General Director Jacques Diouf stressed the necessity of expanding food production to meet future demand.
According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentNguyen Thi Xuan Thu, Vietnam, a country with 70 percent of itspopulation living in rural areas, has made efforts to ensure an adequatefood supply for the population which is increasing by one millionpeople every year.
Being a rice export country,Vietnam does not have to cope with food shortages. However, itsagricultural production in recent years is facing hardship due tonatural disasters, diseases, climate change and a reduced area ofagricultural land, Thu said.
Increasing food pricesalso lead to higher vulnerability among particular groups of people,especially in the areas of high poverty and malnutrition rate, sheadded.
The General Statistics Office reported that inthe first nine months of the year, more than 2.65 million people, livingmainly in the northern midland and mountainous areas, are starving.
Vietnam seeks further FAO assistance in agriculture production,especially in a new rural development programme in the future, Thu said.
To develop sustainable agriculture, a food security plandeveloped by the Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development andNatural Resources and Environment put forward a target of maintaining3.8 million ha of land for agricultural production by 2030.
The ministries also help farmers develop food production cooperatives,with priority given to rice growing areas, together with increasinginvestment in infrastructure./.
Currently, apart from helping Vietnam to assure food security in remoteareas and those affected by the impact of climate change, FAO has beenhelping Vietnam to establish food security law, she said.
PraisingVietnam’s efforts in reaching the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) inpoverty reduction and food security, especially graduating from being arecipient of food assistance to the solid position of a food exportingcountry, the FAO official also said she believed that with soundplanning, investment and programme management, Vietnam would succeed inensuring food security for all its people.
At a ceremony tomark 30 years of World Food Day (Oct. 16) in the midland province of PhuTho on Oct. 11, Yuriko Shoji said this year’s topic is “United againsthunger” and she called for joint efforts from individuals, agencies andcountries throughout the world towards hunger eradication and povertyreduction.
FAO has reported that about one billion people, or one sixth of the world’s population, are starving.
Natural disasters and diseases, together with financial crisis, havepushed world food prices up, leading to the increasing number ofstarving people, according to FAO.
In the context thatcultivated land is becoming more scarce, food production will have toincrease by 75 percent in order to meet food demand for nine billionpeople in 2050, the organisation warned.
As a result, FAO General Director Jacques Diouf stressed the necessity of expanding food production to meet future demand.
According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentNguyen Thi Xuan Thu, Vietnam, a country with 70 percent of itspopulation living in rural areas, has made efforts to ensure an adequatefood supply for the population which is increasing by one millionpeople every year.
Being a rice export country,Vietnam does not have to cope with food shortages. However, itsagricultural production in recent years is facing hardship due tonatural disasters, diseases, climate change and a reduced area ofagricultural land, Thu said.
Increasing food pricesalso lead to higher vulnerability among particular groups of people,especially in the areas of high poverty and malnutrition rate, sheadded.
The General Statistics Office reported that inthe first nine months of the year, more than 2.65 million people, livingmainly in the northern midland and mountainous areas, are starving.
Vietnam seeks further FAO assistance in agriculture production,especially in a new rural development programme in the future, Thu said.
To develop sustainable agriculture, a food security plandeveloped by the Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development andNatural Resources and Environment put forward a target of maintaining3.8 million ha of land for agricultural production by 2030.
The ministries also help farmers develop food production cooperatives,with priority given to rice growing areas, together with increasinginvestment in infrastructure./.
